Eames Chair - Eames Chair

Japanese: イームズ・チェア - いーむずちぇあ
Eames Chair - Eames Chair

…American industrial designer. He trained as an architect in the office of E. Saarinen, and in 1940 won the design competition for “Organic Design in Domestic Equipment” sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York with his shell-shaped molded plywood chair and unit furniture, known today as the Eames Chair. He designed light, functional, and economical residential spaces by incorporating new materials such as plastic and aluminum pipes into his furniture, and played a leading role in the world of furniture design in the 1950s and 1960s. …

*Some of the terms that refer to the "Eames Chair" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカのインダストリアル・デザイナー。E.サーリネンの事務所で建築家として修業し,1940年ニューヨーク近代美術館主催の〈家庭設備における有機的デザイン〉の設計競技で,今日〈イームズ・チェア〉として知られるシェル形の成型合板いすとユニット家具で受賞した。彼はプラスチックやアルミ・パイプなどの新しい材質を家具に取り入れることで,軽快で機能的・経済的な住宅空間をデザインし,50‐60年代にかけて世界の家具デザイン界において指導的な役割を果たした。…

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